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Bent Alaska’s blog will continue in hiatus indefinitely; but the Bent Alaska Facebook Group on Facebook is thriving — join us! A long-overdue update from Bent Alaska’s editor.

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Bringing Netroots home to Alaska

Sunday, 19 June 2011 – 5:24 AM | Comments Off on Bringing Netroots home to Alaska
Bringing Netroots home to Alaska

Our fatigued reporter’s last report from Minneapolis, because by the time you read this, she’ll be on a plane on the way back to Anchorage. But she’ll have more to say about Netroots Nation and LGBT Netroots Connect and some of the stuff she learned there to benefit — at least so we hope — the LGBT community(s) of Alaska — once she’s able to decompress & unpack it.

A Big Wild Lesbian at Netroots Nation

Saturday, 18 June 2011 – 12:43 AM | 16 Comments
A Big Wild Lesbian at Netroots Nation

In which our erstwhile reporter dons her Radical Arts for Women t-shirt, which confers superpowers sufficient to push through another day of (mostly) interesting sessions at Day 2 of Netroots Nation, despite far too little downtime and an overabundance of stress hormones.

Netroots Nation is not just one nation

Thursday, 16 June 2011 – 9:56 PM | One Comment
Netroots Nation is not just one nation

A second report from Minneapolis, this time from Netroots Nation proper, as the participants of the LGBT Netroots Connect preconference mix in with the population of the more general NN11 attendance, and have a very very long day. But a day that, one hopes, gets us somewhere.

The day at LGBT Netroots Connect

Wednesday, 15 June 2011 – 9:29 PM | Comments Off on The day at LGBT Netroots Connect
The day at LGBT Netroots Connect

This is a fairly bare bones report of the LGBT Netroots Connect preconference in Minneapolis held earlier today. Tomorrow begins the Netroots Nation conference proper, about which I’ll be also writing over the next few days.

Prepping for Netroots Nation — #nn11 #nn11lgbt

Friday, 10 June 2011 – 8:00 AM | Comments Off on Prepping for Netroots Nation — #nn11 #nn11lgbt
Netroots Nation, Minneapolis, June 2011

Two weeks ago we announced that Bent Alaska coadmin/contributor Mel Green is going to Netroots Nation 11 on full scholarship through the LGBT Netroots Connect initiative. Now she explains how she’s prepared for the conference, & what she hopes to bring back for Bent Alaska.

Mel Green going to Netroots Nation

Wednesday, 25 May 2011 – 11:32 PM | Comments Off on Mel Green going to Netroots Nation
Netroots Nation, Minneapolis, June 2011

Mel the reluctant political blogger is going to Netroots Nation after all — on full scholarship through the LGBT Netroots Connect initiative. Wanna know what she said on her scholarship application? Then read this post.

Help LGBT ally John Aronno go to Netroots Nation!

Friday, 11 March 2011 – 8:23 AM | Comments Off on Help LGBT ally John Aronno go to Netroots Nation!
Help LGBT ally John Aronno go to Netroots Nation!

I was delighted to learn that John Aronno of Alaska Commons — a Bent Alaska contributor — had applied for the scholarship for Netroots Nation 2011; & I’m even more delighted to support his candidacy, both as a progressive blogger per se, and as a tremendous ally to LGBT Alaskans. Please vote for him!